Views about abortion among who do not believe in Hell by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who do not believe in Hell by views about abortion

% of who do not believe in Hell who say abortion should be…

Interpreting scriptureLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally37%57%5%1,096
Word of God; not everything taken literally57%40%3%2,255
Word of God; other/don't know35%49%15%130
Not the word of God83%14%3%8,467
Other/don't know66%24%10%891
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